Only people with nerves of steel should drive in and around Delhi, says Fodor’s website. Traffic rules exist, but few drivers observe them, and even fewer police officers enforce them.

Every main “road” is packed from 9am to 7pm with bullock carts, auto-rickshaws, overcrowded buses and trucks, bicycles and motorcycles, cows, horses, goats and dogs. Major highways (oversize two-lane roads) from Jaipur, Agra, and northern Uttar Pradesh are famous for accidents, says Fodor, with overturned trucks and demolished cars as common as roadside restaurants. It adds: “Even new roads can develop craters overnight, and badly designed culverts can lead to flooding during the monsoon season.”